Contracting the coronavirus while far from home is a frightening possibility. And sometimes it happens, with consequences that can be deadly. Late last year, Jose Arellano, a U.S. Navy veteran, and his wife, Gloria, traveled 2,000 miles from home to the resort town of Oaxaca, Mexico, to use up about …
Read More »Future Vaccines Depend on Test Subjects in Short Supply: Monkeys
Mark Lewis was desperate to find monkeys. Millions of human lives, all over the world, were at stake. Mr. Lewis, the chief executive of Bioqual, was responsible for providing lab monkeys to pharmaceutical companies like Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, which needed the animals to develop their Covid-19 vaccines. But …
Read More »US Will Require UK Travelers to Have a Negative Coronavirus Test
The new rule, which takes effect on Monday, will apply to Americans as well as foreign nationals. The United States will require all airline passengers arriving from Britain to test negative for the coronavirus within 72 hours of their departure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. …
Read More »U.S. to Require Negative Covid-19 Test for All Travelers From U.K.
The new rule, which takes effect on Monday, will apply to Americans as well as foreign nationals. The United States will require all airline passengers arriving from Britain to test negative for the coronavirus within 72 hours of their departure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. …
Read More »SIA Trials Digital Health Passport To Verify Passengers’ COVID-19 Test Results, Vaccinations
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started trials on a digital health verification app that validates passengers’ Covid-19 test results and vaccination statuses. The trial, which started on Wednesday, is aimed at facilitating the revival of air travel. Under the trial, travellers on SIA flights from Jakarta or Kuala Lumpur will be …
Read More »This S’pore Startup Made A “Passport” For COVID-19 Test Results So You Can Travel Seamlessly
Singapore currently has plans to form Air Travel Bubbles (ATB) with other nations, various green and fast lane arrangements, and has since opened up its borders to China and Australia. It will allow for travel without quarantine, provided that the traveller’s Covid-19 test results are negative. However, these results are …
Read More »Dear Bosses, Stop Thinking The MBTI Test Will Help You Hire & Build Your Dream Team
Personality tests are taking over the world including our workplaces today. It’s an interesting subject and a good conversation starter for many. We have an abundance of personality tests we can access, like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), 5 Love Languages, the Enneagram Test, and more. The MBTI is arguably …
Read More »No, a Negative Coronavirus Test Does Not Mean You Can Safely Socialize
Lining up for a Covid test in Manhattan this month.Credit…Peter Foley/EPA, via Shutterstock In the lead-up to Thanksgiving, Americans are no stranger to planning. But this year, as they prepare to let turkeys brine and pie crusts thaw, people across the country are waiting for something extra: a coronavirus test …
Read More »InterVenn Biosciences raises $34 million to accelerate cancer test development with AI
Best practices for a successful AI Center of Excellence A guide for both CoEs and business units Download Guide InterVenn Biosciences, a startup developing a platform for precision medicine, today raised $ 34 million in venture capital financing. The startup says it’ll put the proceeds toward accelerating its go-to-market, expansion, …
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